Spirituality

Selfishness and Pride

Selfishness is mankind’s fundamental defect. Selfish means: self-centered, self-serving, self-important.

At the root of every problem is selfishness. JAMES 3:16
Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.

No other “religion” teaches to put others first, to love your enemies. Christianity is the only one that teaches you can be totally changed and become a person with a new nature.

We are products of a corrupt culture that teaches selfishness. All sin is selfish. No one ever sins for someone else — we do it for selfish reasons.

We must die to selfishness — or self-destruct. However, we are unable to do it by ourselves. We must allow Jesus Christ to change us inwardly.

You can’t change the fruit without changing the root. That is why you must be born again-renewed in your nature. Only by receiving Jesus Christ, and letting Him change you, can you be a truly unselfish person.

Being selfish is a sin.

It can cause

1. Illness,

2. No happiness, depression, always feeling sad, despise oneself

3. Loose your value of your earnings, no prosperity

4. Whatever good you do turns out negative for you

5. All your relatives and friend turn against you

6. You loose your standing in family

7. You loose your standing in society

Pride

Pride is self-importance and self-focus — which leads to selfishness which is selfish thinking and selfish acting — which is the opposite of Jesus’ command of agape love (John 13:34).

Pride and selfishness always go together. A truly humble person cannot be selfish at the same time.

Pride is the root of selfishness — and thus the root of all evil. Pride is hidden but manifests as selfish acts. Selfishness is the cause of all evil. All evil proceeds from selfish actions. Selfishness is the only manifest problem, but pride feeds it. Dealing with the root cause of the problem is the only lasting solution.

Pride produces selfishness. All selfishness is pride.

Doing things yourself, on your own, is a part of selfishness. Prayer is the opposite of doing things yourself. We must desire God’s: will, done in God’s time, and done God’s way.

“O God, the almighty divine healer, bless me with the art of healing. Strengthen me with your Holy Spirit. Let the knowledge acquired be bright and illuminant, and second to none. Let there be physical, mental and spiritual peace for every one I touch”

Kundalini is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning either coiled up like a snake. It is a reservoir of psychic energy at the base of the spine at the end of autonomic nervous system. Kundalini is curled up below the sacred-sacral bone. Kundalini is the potential form of prana or life force, lying dormant in our nervous system.

Chakras

Chakras -plexus-are energy centres which govern the subtle, psychosomatic aspects of our inner being. This Sanskrit term means wheel .

Kundalini Yoga

The ancient Yogis recognised long ago that in order to accomplish the highest stage of consciousness which is the realisation of the self, or God consciousness, a healthy physical body is essential.
Kundalini yoga concentrates on these psychic centers in the body in order to generate a spiritual energy, which is known as kundalini energy.

Kundalini awakening

A Kundalini release can be triggered by meditation, yoga, prayer, psychedelic drugs, a life crisis (such as extreme physical or emotional trauma, a near-death experience or the death of a loved one), childbirth, menopause, certain ascetic or sexual practices.
Kundalini can also awaken spontaneously from no apparent cause.
Unusual energy sensations are frequently or continuously experienced. These are often felt as tingling, vibrating, buzzing, prickling, stinging, itching, burning or crawling sensations. A host of other physical, psychological, psychic and spiritual changes may precede or arrive in the wake of the classic torrent of energy rushing through the spine and out through the top of the head in an explosion of light/ecstasy.
The ongoing Kundalini process differs from occasional pranic-energy releases or mystical experiences, after which the Kundalini settles back into dormancy, but these isolated experiences can be precursors to a future full-blown Kundalini process. When we are in the midst of this profound transformation of our body/minds, unless we are being guided by wise and experienced teachers, it is better to trust the innate intelligence of Kundalini than to attempt to control or push the energies along.

Practices and techniques often recommended to rouse Kundalini can be outright dangerous. Once Kundalini is awake and active in the system, especially when it has awakened spontaneously and the individual does not recognize what is happening, the tendency to fight against it is strong. This can be mentally and physically harmful.
Healers, therapists and teachers who are familiar with Kundalini and who are respectful and sensitive both to the client and to the energies can help immensely.
When the Kundalini awakens, tremendous power is unleashed. The resulting expansion of consciousness affects every element of our being, from our biological functions to our personal relationships to our concept of reality to our influence in the world. We are irrevocably changed in ways we could not have imagined and in ways we may never fully comprehend.